I'm very happy since Wednesday. Why?
Cos I went to Texere Yarns and bagged some knitting needles and some Louisa Harding Sari Ribbon. Then on Thursday I went to Texere again but the assistant was busy with a customer so I went browsing in the side shop. Fatal move.
OOOOOH! the sight that met my eyes!!!
There were yarns everywhere all neatly placed in the cubby holes, there was Noro, Sirdar, Wendy, I saw the most gorgeous yarn. It was Artesano Alpaca in the Hummingbird colourway. Its beauuuitiful. The colours are pastel green, pink, yellow, blues, violet and turquoise. Its the most scrummy yarn so of course I just had to buy one. It comes in 150g skeins, with a very generous 300m in each skein, its a bit pricey though at nearly £14. Tomorrow I'm off to get another 2 skeins. Who cares I just gotta have some more cos I'm knitting a lovely lacy faggot stitch summer top that has cap sleeves or maybe I'll change the pattern slightly and make the sleeves a little longer.
I got the pattern from Simply Knitting I think it was in the June issue. Anyway it is lovely and the alpaca yarn is so incredibly soft and yummy to work with.
Some good news on the Knitting Club. We are 7 on the books now. The Knitting club has grown from 1 member ie, me to another 6 members. Who knows we might make Club of the month in Simply Knitting mag, one day maybe. Not one but 3 new lasses came yesterday, oooh what bliss. We chatted about knitting problems family, work, and I enjoyed a Mocha Frapp, then Kate got me a Mocha, which was very nice of her.
The 2 new girls that came for one hour were very nice, a daughter and her Mum. Kathy let on she's a Doc. I'm so glad cos I can reveal to here that knitting is a very relaxing healing pastime for people with mental health problems and not only knitting but embroidery and such other crafts like Cardmaking. They were very charming, and they are coming again. Sarah has gone hiking with her beloved so she could not make our little group. Aw! shame, never mind. Well that all 4 now must grab some chow-time.
Yours in stitches Knitnutt
